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THE COMMUNITY CHURCH NEWS
Vol. X
STOW,
A
NEW
OHIO,
F R I D A Y , A P R I L 2, 1943
EARTH
Much is being spoken and written visualizing a new world order
a f t e r the war. Statesmen, authors
and dreamers see in fancy an ord e r of live and help each other to
.live, a cooperation among all
people that will realize the d r e a m
of the ages. Others doubt and f e a r
and say as it has been f r o m t h e
beginning, even s:o will it continue
to be till the end: of time. So let
us see what is wrong in t h e old
world. Let us not concern ourselves so much about sin and a
sinful world, but let us know the
things that m a k e siln possible. I
n a m e three evil powers t h a t curse
mpjnkind, mock him, and a r e all
contributing factors t o t h a t black
deadly thing called sin. Selfishness
ns one, it is an old serpent t h a t
has been f r o m the beginning, and
selfishness is as deep rooted in hum a n i t y as is love or hate. One
•need not go to the money changers of t h e temple to find selfishness. it's in labor and capital alike,
it is a heritage of the rich, a,nd
the poor, the high and the lew
alike. One must brace himself and
be strong and pull hard f o r true
mobility else they fall and lie in
t h e .same trough of selfishness.
Strike cut the word selfishness
and put in
place t h e word
justice; justice t o all mankind,
justice to oneself, that is God's
word, that is God's plan, justice.
Justice in the new era must outlaw or tajke over selfishness for
selfishness iis a thing that can
ruin a world. Selfishness is a
breeder of sin. Sin cannot Live
when justice abounds. Lust and
greed has m a d e cur ward lords;
they have been formed in selfish-
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ness and in selfishness they have
been conceived. Justice must have
t h e upper hand, it must crucify
selfishness, it must come first in
a new world order. The next
dragon to. be destroyed is fear.
F e a r is a handmaid of sin, f e a r is
a desperate brigand, he is a pirate, a m u r d e r e r f r o m time immemorial. F e a r is an arch enemy
of Christianity, and who makes
f e a r or why such a dragon on this
e a r t h ? The f e a r of want, the f e a r
of starvation, the f e a r of inability
t o work and earn wages, the fear
of beoing a burden, the fear of a
black cloud that can destroy hope
and dlreams. Let us strike out the
word f e a r and substitute confidence, f e a r should have no place
in the humas heart. Confidence is
brave and worthy of mankind,
confidence casts
out fear, for
f e a r belongs to the underworld it
should have no place in the life
stream of the' race cf men, and
f e a r contributes liberally to that
evil thir.g called sin. Let f e a r be
gone and live with the dead. It
m u s t have no place in the new
age, f o r brave men can cast it out.
The wrong .of the old world in
which we live today is in the
"Wicked plotting of evil men".
The plotter has always existed,
h e is undesirable, he should be
banished and cast into the bottomless p ; t, h e to: is a germ t h a t
springs into life with the slightest
encouragement, he has set mation
against nation, he has been a disturbing element f r o m the beginning revolution
is his middle
nap.e and he goes about up and
down the earth sow'ng seeds of
s t r i f e and; has through all ages.
In tihe place of wicked plotting let
Us put the words "Planning For
THE
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COMMUNITY
THE COMMUNITY CHURCH
GEORGE M. HULME
Minister
859 Ardmore A r e . . Akron—UN-1685
THE COMMUNITY CHUBCH N E W S
Drawer C
Stow, Summit County, Ohio.
Published
weekly.
S u b s c r i p t i o n p r i c e 50c a y e a r .
E n t e r e d a s s e c o n d c l a s s m a t t e r M a y 4,
1937 a t t h e P o s t o f f i c e a t S t o w , O h i o , u n d e r Act of M a r c h 3, 1879. O f f i c e of p u b lication, 360 W . A r n d a l e Rd., S t o w . H. J.
S t o c k m a n , Editor. P h o n e OV-8771.
All Mankind.'' Planning for the
new earth by the wise and the
good of all nations is just as necessary as for a f a r m e r to plan
f o r his crops. Preparation a .d the
working out of a program free of
selfishness and w.ilth fear- abolished, f o r fear is a ghcst that should
long since have perished; f o r in
this beautiful world provtidence
has given the race abundance and
t o spare. Therefore if selfisness
be abofeihed there can be no f e a r
of wajnt, f o r God's bounty is
boundless. That a new world order
is on the way is evidenced by the
present world revolution. This old
world is c'essatibfiied, it proposes
to shake off the evil genii of selfishness, f e a r and wicked plotting.
Good and great men everywhere
will build anew on a solid and indestructible foundation, of justice,
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'confidence and solicitude f o r all.
Geo. M Hulme
BIBLE
STUDY
April
Won—And
LESSON
4
Winning
Others
Golden Text—And Jesus said
unto them Gome ye a f r e r me, and
I will m a k e you t o become fishers
of men. Mark 1:17.
Peter, at first a m a r of sand,
later became a mian of rock,
preaching so effectively at Pentecost that t h r e e thousand soulswere saved. But P e t e r was led t o
Jesus by his quiet, o r assuming
ibrother Andrew. Little did h e
know what a leader P e t e r would
become.
Comparatively humble workers
h a v e been the means of saving
thousands by bringing one person t o Christ who later became a
great preacher. We forget filenames of the good Christians who
told three small b AS about
Christ, but we cannot forget t h e
importance of those little boys"
names — Charles II. Spurgeon,,
William Carey, a n d iXvight L.
#
V ^ ^ ^ n^ /= M iWe have earned the commendations that have
come to us. In every way, at all times, we
are faithful to our trust and we are studiously
capable.
THE McGOWAN FUNERAL HOME
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Moody.
This world ir. general seems
unconcerned with sin or a Saviour. Does that, excuse a Christian
f r o m hits d u t y ? T h e r e is nothing
in this life to equal the joy of
(bringing someone t o Christ —
being a " f i r h t e r of m e n " If each
•church m e m b e r brought one new
person into the kingdom each
year, w h a t a change there would
he
in the little roui.d
church.
T h e r e wouldn't be any question
of needing a n e w building. T h e
old walls would simply expand
with joy!
As a rule, w e are v e r y d i f f i l e m
a b o u t " t a l k i n g religion." while ill
t h e t i m e t h e r e a r e those who hung e r f o r s a m e word. In n very long
illness,
t w o good ladies of t h e
church called on me, o n e of tiher>;
s a i d " T r u s t in God." T h e w o r d s
w e r e a beacon light in the d a r k
m o n t h s t h a t followed, t h e only
wordy spoken to m e t h a t h a d to
do with Christian f a i t h ! L e t us
mot be a f r a i d t o u s e the m o u t h s
God
gave us. All cannot
be
preachers:
Andrew
was
no
p r e a c h e r , he was only c. f i s h e r m a n
w h o w a s glad to speak t o someone else—he w a s "all o u t " f o r
Christ.
Hazel Gillarn
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CLEANING
DAY AT
CHURCH
The ladies of the church h a v e
s e t aside Wednesday, April 7th, as
s p r i n g housecleaning day at Community Church. Come p r e p a r e d to
d o y o u r dluty at 9:00 a tm. o r a s
soon t h e r e a f t e r a|3 possible. B r i n g
cleaning uteinisils a n d a sack lunch.
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CHURCH
NEWS
NIGHT
BUSINESS
MEETING
T h e r e g u l a r m o n t h l y business
meeting
of
Stow
Community
'Church will be held this F r i d a y
evening. A h o t dilsh dinner will be
s e r v e d a t 6:30 p. m . T h e business
m e e t i n g will follow a t 7:30 p. m.
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COMMUNION
OF
THE
LORD'S
SUPPER
The regular quarterly communion service will be held a t S t o w
C o m m u n i t y Church this coming
S u n d a y morning.
That
we
as
Christians observe this event in
His m e m o r y w a s a c o m m a n d of
our Lord. L e t us obey.
CORRECT YOUR
ADDRESS
BOY'S
Each
week
now
our
typist
pounds out the names and lengthy
a d d 'esses of an e v e r
increasing
n u m b e r of s o l d i e r s , s a i l o r s a n d
m a r i n e s ( n o t f a r f r o m 400 n o w )
w h o a r e on t h e s u b s c r i p t i o n l i s t of
t h i s p a p e r a n d w h o , w e hope, receive t h e i r copy r e g u l a r l y .
T h a t t h e s e a d d r e s s e s be t y p e d
i n p l a c e of p r i n t e d in t h e r e g u l a r
w a y is m a d e n e c e s s a r y because of
f r e q u e n t c h a n g e s in l o c a t i o n of
the men.
I t is t h e s e f r e q u e n t c h a n g e s of
a d d r e s s , w h i c h m o s t of t h e m e n
seem t o e x p e r i e n c e , t h a t
makes
us s u s p i c i o u s of s o m e of t h e rest
w h o a l w a y s seem t o s t a y in one
place.
W e dislike to t h i n k that
w e e k a f t e r w e e k e f f o r t in add r e s s i n g e n v e l o p e s is w a s t e d a n d
t h a t t h e p a p e r f a i l s t o r e a c h its
intended destination.
Accordingl y w i l l r e l a t i v e s , f r i e n d s , o r better
still
the servicsmen
themselves please i n f o r m us of a n y
address change.
This especially
applies to N a v y men f o r the A r m y
W. J. HOFFMAN FURNITURE CO.
Local Representative
For
ARMSTRONG FLOOR COVERINGS
Phone OV-8670
218 S A N F O R D
AVE.,
STOW
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is q u i t e o f t e n i n c l i n e d t o t e l l us
of an address change a n d m o s t always f o r w a r d s the paper.
Since
this
notice
applies
to
o n l y a few, we must t h a n k those
w h o do k e e p us i n f o r m e d .
And
w h i l e in t h e business of s a y i n g
t h a n k y o u , those w h o have paid
their own subscriptions and made
gift subscriptions and
donations
f o r papers to servicemen recently,
we wish to t h a n k .
H . J . S.
ed by Voiture No. 468, 40. and
and Roger Moore post, Ameiicari
legion a t McGowan's home Thursd a y evening at 7:20. The bodythen was sent for burial to Arlington National cemetery in compliance with his wish to be interred there.
DEATH
Ag.'un the township trustees:
wish to cajl to the attention of
t h e residents of Stow and the
communities serviced by t h e Stow
Volunteer Fire Department, t h e
necessity of being cautious about
starling fires outdoors.
Each spring on dry end windy
days the fire department receives
f r o m ten t o t h i r t y calls for runs t o
put out grass fires. Usually such
fires originate f r o m someone burnling a brush pile o r burning off a
vacant lot. A grass fire unless
carefully guarded
win rapidly
spread to adjoining lots and fields,
and endanger homes, barns and
orchards.
Fires of this kind usually present as large a problem to the f i r e
Thomas "Tom" J. Bahel, 44.
past commenider of the Summit
county American
Legion
and
clerk of selective sendee board
2, died Tuesday ait the Veterans
Administration hospital at Brecksvil;le following a three weeks illness.
Bahel. a resident of Stow, served as county commander in 1939
and previously WES commander
of Roger Moore post, American
Legion, at Stow. Before accepting
his duties on the d r a f t board, he
was driver of a school b us.
He was instrumental in initiating the blood transfusion squad of
(he Stow post and the idea was
adapted by other Legion posts
throughout the county. He also
was credited with obtaining installation of t h e crossing signal
system at the Pennsylvania railroad tracks on the Bath-Stow rd.
Mr. Bahel is survived, by his
wife, Margaret F.; and one son,
Thomas jr., an able seaman second class, cf the U. P. N. R. stationed at Naval Air Station. Jacksonville. Fla.; also his parents
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Gdlingham,
Pitlsburgh.
Funeral services were conduct-
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STOW
TOWNSHIP
NOTICE
TRUSTEES
For Sundaes, Sodas, Ice Cream—All Dairy Products
ISALY'S
In Stow
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THE COMMUNITY
department as a building fire, bomuse such fires spread rapiidly
Epd the firemen are unable to get
their equipment through the fields
and in a position to fight the fire.
Another very serious handicap
ithe fire department is confronted
(with this year >LS the lack ol' personnel. As we know Uncle Sam
has taken away most of Die young
fellows who in the past have so
generously donated their services
to our community.
Again we wish to say this year
(more than ever it is going to be
necessary for every one starting a
fire outdoors, to take every precaution to keep such fires undC1control and thereby hold to a minimum the need of calling the fire
department
Your cooperation is
respectfully solicited and will be
tgreatly appreciated by your Volunteer Fire Department.
Stow Township Trustees
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WHO
ARE
YOUR
FRIENDS
Wfe were talking about friends
and I told him about the attorney
who worked for our family for
years off and on on a matter and
when the matter was fiiTshed and
we urge him to present a bill
roamed the trifling sum of ten dollars. We remonstrated with our
friend 1hat Re couldn't afford to
dio all that work for ten dollars.
He replied, "When I started to
CHURCH
NEWS
practice law Judge — - said to
me, 'Take care of your friends
and let your enemies gc ' I've always tried to follow hi.-, advice "
This must have been good advice
for he has become a very successful lawyer. How often we fritter
away our lime trying to make
friends out of rur enemies when
most of them never will be close
friends of ours! How often we
favor
our enemies
1c
avoid
trouble, even at the exp j n?e of our
friends!
"But who are your friends?" he
asks. "How are we t;o know who
are frilernds and who are enemies 9 " "An old la^dy once said to
me," he went on, ""Young man.
if you can live to be sixty-five
years old and have three friends
who will stick by you you'll be
very lucky.'" I told him that I
heard the figure put at five. Both
agreed that we were shocked
when we heard such sentiments
expressed, but each had come to
think that the figures were too
high
How many friends have you—
friends who could be counted on
CORN LOVERS TREAT
EASTER CARDS
DIES and
EASTER NOVELTIES
Stow 5c to $1.00 Store
Cut Corn
Whole
23c box
Golden
Kernel
STOW MEAT MARKET
J . I. F I S H E R ,
Prop.
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MARHOFER CHEVROLET
We Help You Keep Your Car In Good Condition
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THE COMMUNITY
to believe in you st.il! when ihe
finger of disgrace is pointed in
y o u r direction, friends who will
help you out in money matters
when your f u t u r e earning power
seems impaired, friends who come
to visit you regularly during extensive chronic sickness V Can you
count t h r e e such? If we can not
gather more than three in the
n o r m a l span of a lifetime, then
t r u l y they must be more precious
than rubies or sapphires. When
one such jewel is found, let no
untoward act m a r its luster but
let us w r a p it tenderly in the folds
of kindness and thouehtfulness
and keep it a n d guard it in tb >
innermost recesses of our being',.
Joe A. Mitten
PERSONAL?
Remember to bring in your
m i t e boxes Sunday
The River Road Club meet with
Mrs. Don Phillips Thursday, April
8th.
One birthday
celebrated
at
Bible school last Sunday, that of
Orchestra Leader Otis Maxwell.
Did you know that Y\7ill Lodge
h a s kept a diary for over f i f t y
one y e a r s ? Wonder if i.e can tell
us w h a t kind of a day it was on
Aug. 8th, 1894?
Mns. F. P. Marlow of Ma.rhofer
ave., will! visit this week end with
h e r son Carl who has just been
advanced f r o m the rank of Pfc.
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to Corporal. He is at Camp Forrest, Tenn.
Pvt. C. K. W a l k u p of the Marines is now attending
officers
training school on an island somewhere in t h e South Pacific.
Sergeant Norman E. Nesbiitit of
F o r t Knox, Ky., returned to camp
on Tuesday of this week a f t e r
spending a seven d a y furlough at
t h e home of his parents in Stow.
Back f r o m Ohio State University last week er.d Bill Hamilton
Jr.. was a welcome addition in
o u r Bible school orchestra last
Sunday morning.
C O A L — F o r good coal call E. M .
Guise
Coal
8711.
(Adv).
and
Supply
Co.
OV-
Born Wednesday. March 24th,
t o Mr. and Mrs. James Worcester
F r a n k l i n Rd., Stow, a baby girl,
Ma^rjorile Ann.
weight
seven
pounds thirteen and three-quarter
ounces.
Lawn
mowers
sharpened
repaired, Trellisis, w i n d o w
made
to
Hudson
order.
and
screens
Segelhorst,
Rd. T e l . O V - 8 2 7 5 .
734
(Adv).
As ^ m a t t e r of historic interest t h e r e were thirty-one in t're
choir last Sunday, all lf»y speakers spoke as announced a r d a total
of seven charter members were
present at the morning service.
It was an enjoyable occasion.
Garden
ting,
Louis
8407.
Plowing
Mowing.
Griggy,
and
Good
Land
Work.
Ritchie
Fit-
Rd.
For A Victory Garden
GET YOUR PLOWING ORDER IN EARLY
WA-0843
COW MANURE - SAND - GRAVEL
Order
your I t
NOW
from
Drive
( m a i l ads
E. F
F a l l s ) o r call Wil
w i l l c a l l on you A
Mr. and Mrs. (
cenrtly moved to t.
Washington, D,
Kempel is to 1 c
the O. P A. K
and family wil o
Kempel proper !
connected with
and Rubber Co.
For
Sale: Tv
Spring
Tooth ir
seasons, one hoi
en shovel used o <
walking
Etter,
after
plow.
227
Mar i
5:00 p. mi
Cash.
(Adv.)
THOMAS & DORAN
Attendance a g
Sunday gave
78%, the You P
86
and the it
taught by Mrs. n
Mr. and Mi fl
brated their 11)
d/ng lamniveisa l;
They "took
tended a movie tl
Have you «d
of the church i
been painted s t
windows wasihei
let •in light frofti
a spiritual appj io
be made there.
OV-
FISH
CRE
Mrs. Herman i
'iome Friday af'
winter in west a!
health.
John Mi,tether1
hospital having I'
operation perfor:
day morning. He
at this writing.
Ask Bob Ctar >
about theitr 4:30
F r i d a y 9 A crao
was in eviderw!
le school last
Davis' class
eople's class
s B hie class
94%.
!. Stein cole-eighth wedLisrt Saturday,
out" land ate evenibg.
•'. The walls
itanuin have
he sky light
the;.' actually
DVO There is
n that might
Fri.it
inks,
, R
Trees
Hudson
1
Cuya.
91. a n d a g e n t
J v.)
Kemipel reRtmier, r e a r
where
Mr.
nnected with
Jeorge Lyons
n occupy the
l r . Lyons is
locdyear Tire
ection
w,
Oliver
used
two
ultivator
sev-
:ason, 16 i n c h
ire
'of
J.
• Ave.,
G.
Stow
civ.)
:NOTES
lelte returned!
spending the
(South for her
n St. Thomas
there for an
i last Salurdoing nicely
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home and a smashed large window
pane at t h e latter which leaves the
rest of the "natives" content not
to have callers, at leas; not like
t h a t one.
Capt. Robert Clifton Mellin of
Cafnp P e r r y is iin the hospital
there f o r observation. Clifton, a
Stow high graduate who graduated with Koy Palmer, was in A r m y
a t sometime in first World W a r .
GRAHAM
ROAO
NOTES
Birthdays celebrated at
the
Grahem Road Baptist church recently: Betty Bright man,
Mrs.
Ashton, Mrs. L. A. W a r n e r , Mrs.
A r t h u r Morehouse and Airs. Donald Ration
Mearl V, Ashton, Harold Stoner
and Darrell Clem aill on furlough
f r o m F o r t Knox, Ky., were visitors at the Graham Road Church
Sunday.
Pvt. Howard G. L a m m of Camp
Gorden, Florida or. fifteen day
furlough was a visitor this pa,st
week a t the home of his sister
Mrs. Hazel Hargett, Caleb Ave.
Last F r i d a y and S a t u r d a y little
Dickie Hargett of Cabeb Ave. visited hrs sunt. Mrs. John Heibner
of Wood Rd., Akron.
Wm. E. Rose of Lodi was a visitor 1his past week at the home
of his Grandmother Lea,sure. Ho
lis leaving soon for the Navy.
Mrs. Wm. Leasure of Gilbert
R d , returned this past week f r o m
a visit with her husband a t C a m p
Riley, Kainsa«. He has now beer,
transferred to Wyoming
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J i m m y Sutton of U. S. Army,
,Santa Rosa. Calif., has been promoted f r o m the r a n k of Tech.
Sergeant to t h a t of "Rock" Sergeant in charge of tanks,
.
SCHOOL
NOTE'S
Bob Feitz ^nd Jim Pidwell a r e
h o m e from Great Lakes Bid well
will be ^ent on t o Radio School
upon his r e t u r n to Great Lakes.
Don H a r p e r is home on a nine
d a y furlough f r o m Great Lakes.
Having finished his boo; training
H a r p e r will go on to Q u a r t e r m a s t e r ' s school which in the N a v y is
training for a navigator.
Paul Weygandt, President of
the Class of 1937, called at the
high school last Thursday. P a u l
jis home on vacation f r o m t h e
Buffalo Medical school where h e
lis completing his junior year.
The Stow high school band honored Mr. Grey at a p a r l y held it;
t h e high school auditorium last
Saturday evening. Mr. Grey resigned March 19 to go to Aircraft. The band presented Mr,
Grey a gold watch chain as token
of their appreciation of his services as band leader.
LETTER
U N I T E D STATES ARMY
AIR F O R C E S
Mar. 19, 1943
Dear S i r :
I've been meaning to write and
thank you for sending me t h e
C. C. News ever since T firs'1
started getting it, but somehow I
kept putting it off. Better late
than never, I hope.
f
KOON'S GARAGE
ii
Dr Cliff Foltz
,m. caller last
• door pajnel
; ".iip f a r m e r
Formerly with Gerber's Service Station
IS NOW LOCATED AT
Corner of Hudson and Graham Roads
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I've done a lot. of moving since
I was inducted but unfortunately
your paper has always caught up
with me.
I am now at March Field, California. I got here last Monday
and from what I've seen so f a r
its a p r e t t y nice camp.
My present address is now:
Sgt. J e r r y E. Hogan,
27th Bombing Sqd. H
March Field, California
I was stationed a t the A r m y
Gunnery School in Harlingen,
Texas, before coming here. I got.
my stripes and a pair of wings
as a souvenir of t h a t post.
While at Harlingen I managed
to get a pass to go to Matamoros, Mexico where I saw m y
first bull fight. It's really quite
an interesting sport and is more
exciting than any football games
I have ever seen.
Enclosed find a dollar to send
your paper to my brother who
entered the Air Corps recently.
His address is:
Pvt. Richard J. Hogan
59 Training Group
Flight 14, Area T5
Keesler Field, Mississippi
One of your f o r m e r carriers,
Sgt. J e r r y E. Hogan
A KE R S
BARBER SHOP
Post O f f i c e
STOW,
Block
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ED. N O T E : We r e m e m b e r well
the m a n y Saturday trips we used
to m a k e with you J e r r y in delivering this paper. Some few years
have passed and now, like yourself, there are a good many of
our f o r m e r carriers of the News
who are in the armed service
scattered all over the world. Two
have made the supreme sacrifice.
H. J. S.
LETTER
SANTA MARIA
ARMY AIR BASE
March 20, 1943
Dear Mr. Stockman:
Receiving your paper regularly
and again t h a n k all the good
people of Stow for making it a
success. Am sorry t h a t I didn't
get down to see you again while
at home but those days just zipped
by. Had a swell furlough and on
arriving back I was made a T / 5
Corporal.
Saw my brother Bob who lives,
in Hollywood and had a pretty
good visit with him.
We are now living in tents
without lights nor heat and the
mornings are quite chilly for
California. They a r e
really
keeping us busy now so won't
have much time to write. Willlet you know my new address as.
soon as. we pull out which won't
be too long.
A lot of men have been transferred out of our company, b u t
H a r r y Shroeder is still with us.
I guess now we will always be
together.
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Will close f o r now as there
isn't much to talk about so again
t h a n k you all for the swell paper.
T / 5 Howard J. Schlarb
177 Q.M. Co. S.G. (Avn)
S a n t a Maria A r m y Air Base
S a n t a Maria, Calif.
P. S. Of all the country I have
seen, and I've seen quite a bit of
it, I'll still take Ohio.
LETTER
U. S. NAVY T R A I N I N G SCHOOL
NAVY P I E R , CHICAGO, ILL.
Mar. 25, 1943
Mr. Stockman:
I can't begin to express my
gratitude to you for m a k i n g it
possible that I m a y receive the
C. C. News. I am sure you are
also doing your share f o r the
country by cheering the boys in
service. I am now at Navy Pier
in Chicago, taking a 24 week
course in aviation. I will graduate an aviation machinist m a t e
3rd class in June. I t sure is good
to read the letters of some of t h e
fellows I used to go to school with
and the news of the town. Dick
Brust, Bud S h u m a n and H e r b
Keenan are here f r o m Stow. We
talk of old times once in a while.
T h a n k s again for the paper every
Sunday.
Yours truly,
Carroll W. Howard S l / c
Co. 3-143-Sec. E
U. S. N. T. A. C.
Navy Pier, U. S. N.
Chicago, 111.
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dress of Mr. Saltis, so I wrote
him a letter.
Oh! Yes I got an answer to the
letter I wrote Don Sharpnack. I t
only took a little over two months
to get an answer. I can't help
wondering what Saltis will think
when he receives m y letter. He
was my 8th grade school teacher,
and if anyone should w a n t to forget me, he should.
I enjoy very much writing to
the boys in foreign service, because I know they more than
welcome a letter f r o m anyone in
U.S.A. And I can't say t h a t I
blame them for we all know t h a t
they are having things plenty
tough. W h e n I get sore over
things I have to do here in camp,
it only takes one thought of Don
S., Red. P. and some of the rest
to m a k e me realize just how easy
I have it here. Well it is getting
late so I will close by again
thanking you for sending m e the
C. C. News each week.
Pvt. F r a n k S. Hamilton
3442 Ord. (MM) Co. (Q)
C a m p Gruber, Okla.
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March 24, 1943
D e a r Mr. Stockman:
Just another letter of t h a n k s
for the paper. It helped me find
another of my friends. In the
March 19th issue I found the ad-
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Alaska
Mar. 6, 1943
Dear Mr. Stockman:
It has been quite sometime
since I have written to you, so
will take time now to do so. At
present it isn't very hard to take
the time, because time is something with which I am well
equipped. I have so much time
because I am in the hospital, and
have been f o r the last three
weeks. I have a minor knee injury which is healing fairly well.
You will never know how much
it means to get a C. C. News to
read. About all there is to do
here is to lay and think or read.
And I assure you that to read
news f r o m home, as your paper
allows me to, is one of the best
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ways to spend the time.
I do not know how much
longer I will be in here. As f o r
Alaska it is not such a bad place
to be.
I haven't seen anyone from
Stow yet, so you see the C. C.
News is the only w a y I have
f r o m which to h e a r f r o m them.
I have to close now. Two
pages is the limit f r o m the hospital. Thanks a lot for the paper.
It really is swell.
Yours truly,
Pfc. Robt. C. Culver
35503439
Hq. Btrv. 264th C. A.
APO 939 c / o P o s t m a s t e r
Seattle, Wash.
ED. N O T E : We are glad to receive your letter and we hope
that by the time you receive this
your recovery will be complete.
While it's hard to have nothing t o
do, sometimes a stay in the hospital is a good time to catch up
on your thinking, i.e. if you a r e
not too sick. Good luck to you.
H. J. S.
LETTER
March 6, 1943
Dear Mr. Stockman:
Received your most welcome
letter today. Evidently
everybody has the impression that I
was gravely injured when I was
shot. Indeed it might have been
worse, but it wasn't. I was shot
the night of Dec. 19, 1942. On the
morning of Dec. 24, 1942, I was
discharged from the hospital. In
fact I pulled six hours of dutyChristmas day. Then to top
everything off, there were no
nurses at the hospital. In answer
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write and elucidate upon the subto your questions, here goes:
The natives here are a dark ject, as Mr. Gregg used to say in
skinned race. The average height Economics class. One of these
of the men is about 5' 8" and the days I am going to sit down and
women average 5' 1" in height. compose a humorous epistle for
As many os 3 or 4 families live you to chuckle over. Just now,
in one little hut approximately however, my mind must be on the
18' by 24'. A family consists of alert twenty-four hours a day. In
a man, his wife, 5 or 6 children fact, I am devising a system
and 2 or 3 chickens if the native where a fellow can sleep with one
is fortunate enough to possess ear and one eye open and still
such a valuable creature. Their sleep. It may take a few more
clothes are pieces of rags sewed years to perfect, but I am sure
together. The American soldiers that eventually I shall succeed.
have nicknamed the Arabs' dress Well, I shall quit before you think
as the African interpretation of I am completely insane. Hoping
to receive my back issues of the
the American Zoot suit.
The only church we have now C. C. News in the near future, I
is what each fellow reads from remain
Cordially yours,
his Testament each day. You see,
Pfc. Kenneth L. Meyer
where I am now, we dare not stop
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Military Police
because of several thousand bad
Platoon 9th Inf. Div.
reasons. I hope you understand.
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Sunday is the same as any other
New York, N. Y.
day. Veterans of the last war
ED. NOTE: Thank you for
will realize what I mean by that
statement. Yes, I was inside the your very interesting letter and
Catholic Church I mentioned in the time out which you took to
one of my last letters. It is im- write it. Just now word from
possible to describe the beauty of Africa is that things are pretty hot
over there. We pray each day
the church's interior.
For the past fifteen minutes I that you and all of our boys from
have been staring into space, at- Stow who are now in the active
tempting to think of a simple way war zone may be guided by the
to explain how the charcoal gas Lord above and may you each
runs an automobile. Strain as I have a safe return to your home
may, the most simple explanation land soon. H. J. S.
would take about four pages of
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diagrams and six pages of explanations. If this overstrained
March 24, 1943
mind of mine can think of a
Dear Mr. Stockman:
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I haven't written to you yet, so
next three or four weeks, I will now is a good time to start.
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I am going to college in Emporia, Kansas. This is all u n d e r
government supervision, and missing class is the same as going
A. W. O. L., which every soldier
knows can't be done in the Army.
We have a very strict routine,
but none of us feel t h a t it is too
much.
The food is good. I have gained 15 lbs. since leaving Texas.
I want to t h a n k you for sending the paper to me, and I want
to tell you t h a t this p a p e r is
getting around.
I have made friends with fellows who live all over the country. F r o m Ravenna, Ohio to Los
Angeles, Calif.
Tony Martin, the movie actor,
was a P f c in our Squadron at
Sheppard Field. He is alright, I
met him. He sang for us several
times at the Service Club.
The people in Emporia are very
nice. We are treated like kings,
and I am not exaggerating t h a t a
bit.
Sir, I hope that the people of
Stow and Kent t r e a t the fellows
from Kent and Akron U., with as
much courtesy as I have received.
It really goes a long way.
Yours truly,
E d w a r d H a r r y Osman
Squadron C—Flight 1
Annex K.S.T.C.
Emporia, Kansas
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LETTER
March 24, 1943
Dear Mr. Stockman:
I think I'd better do a job t h a t
should have been done long ago.
Sorry not to have written you
sooner, but I've been doing a lot
of moving of late. It seems that
our Division no more than gets
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settled in one place than we a r e
up and move again.
I want to thank you for the C.
C. News. It is a t r e a t to receive
it. Although I get most of t h e
news daily from my wife at home,
I sure like to read it, especially
what the other soldiers and boys
f r o m the vicinity of Stow write.
I hope to see you all before
long. Will close. Best of luck to
you. Note change of address t o
F o r t Jackson.
Respectfully yours,
Pvt. A r t h u r Derry
Co. A 328th Inf. Reg.
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LETTER
Miami Beach, Florida
March 26, 1943
Dear Mr. Stockman:
I have received four copies of
the C. C. News since I've been in.
the Army. I am hoping to receive m y f i f t h copy soon. I enjoyed every one of them and.
want to thank you and the swell
people of Stow responsible for
the C. C. News.
I am at Miami Beach, Florida
where you get plenty of sunshine
and the cool breeze from t h e
ocean. I've finished my eighteen
days of basic training and am
on m y 9th day of advance training.
I am an Ordnance man in t h e
A r m y Air Forces and was classified as a machinist.
Thanks again f o r sending me
the C. C. News.
Sincerely yours,
Pvt. Richard Durst
410th T.G. Fit. H
B.T.C. No. 4
Miami Beach, Fla.
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